How do I find and view a TFS changeset by comment

Question

With TFS I need to find a changeset by comment, and/or by developer. Maybe I'm just blind today, but I don't see a simple way in the Source Control Explorer to do this task?

Answer 1

Find Changeset By Comment 2013 for Visual Studio 2013 http://developer.azurewebsites.net/2014/08/find-changeset-by-comment-2013-for-visual-studio-2013/

Answer 2

You can use the command line client: pipe the output of tf history to a file and then use whatever search program you prefer.

Answer 3

EASY WAY and no 3rd party apps/add-ons needed:

1. Open Source Control Explorer
2. "View History" from the root of TFS server
3. Scroll to the bottom (it's fast with hitting "End" button continuously)
4. Select all records, copy
5. Open Excel and paste

Now the Excel will allow you to search through comments (Excel's a native app, don't argue..).

Answer 4

I don't know a way to do it by Comment Text, but this will allow searching by developer:

If you open the menu item File->Source Control->Find In Source Control->Changesets... (you must be in Source Control Explorer for this to be available). This will open the Find Changesets dialog. You can then search for change sets by Developer on a given source folder (or project).

This will show you the comments, but you can't search by them. (Though you can sort the list by the comments and find the comment you are looking for that way.)

On a side note, if you want to see the details of the changeset via this dialog you have to click the Details button. Double clicking on a changeset closes the dialog.

Answer 5

If you have TFS Power Tools installed, you can run this in a command prompt:

tfpt searchcs

to get a GUI window with options to search by committer and comment text. I'm using TFS Power Tools (March 2011 version) and TFS 2010.

Answer 6

With the Power Tools installed:

tf history $/ -r | ? { $_.comment -like '*findme*' }